Build a greenhouse - SHERRY'S GREENHOUSE & gardening

Links to free greenhouse building plans and information

Constructiing and operating a 4 zone greenhouse. Stu Culp's photographs of construction, extensive text, links to drawings and details of a wood frame, triple wall polycarbonate-glazed greenhouse. Very informative.

Building a passive solar greenhouse. Photos and text of construction and management of a greenhouse in northern New Mexico.

Sundance Supply website has simple plans drawn for a multitude of greenhouse sizes.
The site has a confusing layout, but persevere and click on "See Plans, Materials, Costs of Greenhouses & Sunrooms" in the yellow box near the center of the page.

Traditional gable style PVC frame greenhouse plans and Arched frame PVC greenhouse plans (PDF file) --parts list and clear illustrations from Circo Innovations
They also offer cold frame plans (PDF file)

The Taj Mahal Greenhouse. Margaret Simpson's amusing and very informative story. Lots of text and photos.

"We built a straw bale greenhouse/guesthouse for $200" Just photos. More useful as a guesthouse, I would say, as it seems pretty dark inside except right in front of that slanted window wall.

A few photos and brief description of a pit greenhouse (content toward the middle of the page).

Albert's greenhouse technical stats

An economical hobby greenhouse. Photos from Houston Gardening. No specific plan, but some useful info.

Another greenhouse planning/building overview.

Build your own insulated cold frame from Adventures in Solar Gardening. Photos and description.

Building the Solar Greenhouse. No plans, but some useful information originally from Organic Farming and Gardening.

Construction history of a hydroponic greenhouse. Text and extensive photos provided by Darrin and Andie, who live in eastern Wyoming.

Designing and building a solar greenhouse, from Washington State University cooperative extension energy program. Text, drawings, and suggested reading list.

Detailed drawings of polycarbonate glazing attachment to frame. From Plant Ideas. Also, building a greenhouse foundation.

Drawings of a solar greenhouse cross-section showing summer day cooling process and winter solar process.

Greenhouse construction photo album by the Suggs

greenhouse plans (GIF file) Tom of Ontario built this greenhouse and had these comments.

Hobby greenhouse construction overview from Alabama cooperative extension service.

How to build a PVC hoophouse (parts list and photographs for 10 x 21 ft size) from The Westside Gardner.

Photographs of steps involved in building a tiny cabin. Might be helpful for greenhouse building, too. From CountryPlans.com

Photos and text describing the construction of a greenhouse using a kit. (What to do with that abandoned concrete RV pad.)

Planning and building a greenhouse from West Virginia University and extension service. Overview.

Poor Man's Greenhouse originally published in "Gardening with Greenfingers"

PVC gothic arch shape greenhouse. General parts list given-- you are to decide the size of your greenhouse project. Large photographs accompany each section of the instructions.
(Part 2) (Part 3)

Small backyard greenhouse plans from North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. Go to the bottom of the page to find the link to a PDF file detailing construction. Incudes drawings and photographs for a greenhouse 12 x 14 ft.

Solar greenhouse overview with drawings from Illinois Solar Energy Association.

Straw bale insulated A-frame home and greenhouse. The Gunderson home and greenhouse are beautiful and functional structures. Nestling "Walden-esque" next to its north woods pond, the Gundersen home takes its aesthetic cues and its structure from its natural surroundings.

Technical Brief / Designing the Passive Sunspace

Translucent dome / brilliant life. A beautiful dome set beside a pond. Photos and links to drawings.

Wood frame greenhouse (8 x 10 ft.) with nice roof vent detail. Includes drawings and parts list, from BuildEasy. Dimensions are metric.

Yvonne's greenhouse construction tour.

You may prefer a different shape for your greenhouse. Geodesic domes offer another possibility. From Ernie Aiken of Worldflower Garden Domes, connector kits are available--cut your own lumber and save money, or purchase a complete ready-to-assemble garden dome kit. Worldflower Garden Domes, telephone 512-431-9752, fax 512-863-9728. Not free, as the above resources are, but certainly interesting. You can easily make a paper model from Ernie's website graphics to preview any of the dome models, or just look through the extensive photos in the site.

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